Opportunities to Serve

Thursday

Oct 4, 2012 at 3:15 AM

Looking for fellowship and opportunities to work on projects in your community? Below is a listing of local service organizations that meet regularly. Contact information and other details are provided.

SPRINGVALE — Altrusa International meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of every month at Heald's Family Center on Main Street. The first meeting of the month focuses on business matters; the second, on a program. If interested in joining, please call Claire Creteau, the club's secretary, at 324-2712.

SOUTHERN MAINE — Big Brothers/Big Sisters are adult friends and role models for children in need of additional support and guidance. A "match" is made with a child based on the volunteer's and child's needs, preferences, interests and hobbies. The program allows some flexibility of time commitment. If you'd like to help one of the 25 children currently on the wait list build a brighter future, take the first step and call Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine at 773-5437, or visit www.somebigs.org.

SANFORD — The Sanford Emblem Club holds its regular meetings on the first Wednesday of each month at the Elks Lodge on Elm Street. Anyone interested in joining this nonprofit organization can call Rebecca Hawker at 324-6798 or reach her by mail at 93 Farview Drive, Sanford, Maine 04073.

SANFORD — The Sanford Kiwanis Club meets at noon on Wednesdays at the Sanford Elks Lodge at 13 Elm St. Those ages 18 and older who help represent a cross-section of the community are eligible to join. If interested in joining, visit online at www.sanfordmainekiwanis.org.

SANFORD — The Sanford-Springvale Rotary Club meets every Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. at the Town Club on Washington Street. If interested in becoming a member, please visit online at www.ssrotary.org or write to the Sanford-Springvale Rotary Club at P.O. Box 1166, Sanford, Maine 04073.

SANFORD — The Sanford Lions Club meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month downstairs in the AMVETS Hall on School Street in Sanford. The meetings start at 7 p.m. and doors open at 6:30 p.m. If interested in becoming a member, call Patty at 502-0705.

ACTON/SHAPLEIGH — The Acton-Shapleigh Lions Club meets on the fourth Monday of every month at the Shapleigh Town Hall at 22 Back Road at 7 p.m. If interested in becoming a member, please contact Ruth Ham at 636-3426 or townmotherhotmail.com.

ALFRED/WATERBORO — The Massabesic Lions Club meets at the Massabesic Lions Club Regional Medical Center at 813 Main St. in Waterboro on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 7 p.m. If interested in becoming a member, please contact Earland Morrison at 324-7650 or emorrison4roadrunner.com.

LIMERICK/NEWFIELD — The Limerick-Newfield Lions Club meets at the Newfield Historical Society's headquarters on Elm Street in Newfield on the first Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. If interested in becoming a member, please contact Barry Lynde at 793-8422.

If you would like to see your service organization listed here, please send your information to Editor Shawn Sullivan at ssullivanfosters.com.